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Beaver Activity in the Arctic Increases Emission of Methane Greenhouse Gas
The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane — a greenhouse gas — into the atmosphere.
Waterloo Researchers Make a Significant Step Towards Reliably Processing Quantum Information
Using laser light, researchers have developed the most robust method currently known to control individual qubits made of the chemical element barium.
From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes
For millennia, lakes in Greenland’s dry tundra have locked up huge loads of carbon in their sediment.
University of Houston Researchers Charting a Sustainable Course in Oceanic Carbon Capture
As researchers around the world race against time to develop new strategies and technologies to fight climate change, a team of scientists at the University of Houston is exploring one possible way to directly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment: Negative emissions technologies (NETs).
Floating Sea Farms: A Solution to Feed the World and Ensure Freshwater by 2050
The sun and the sea – both abundant and free – are being harnessed in a unique project to create vertical sea farms floating on the ocean that can produce fresh water for drinking and agriculture.